African Design Magazine ADM #42 July 2018 | Page 44

CTBUH TALL BUILDING AWARDS
T
he building houses over 100
galleries, spread over nine
floors, dedicated to a large
cutting edge permanent collection;
temporary exhibitions; and Centres for
art education, curatorial excellence,
performative practice, photography,
the moving image, and the Costume
Institute.
announced and awards conferred at the
ceremony and dinner, which concludes
the two-day event. This gala dinner is
attended by leaders in the tall building
industry from around the world.
All projects participating in the awards
programme are featured in the CTBUH’s
annual Skyscrapers Book, Tall Buildings +
The adaptive
reuse of the
massive grain
storage and silo
complex clearly
caught the eye of
the judges from
the Council on
Tall Buildings and
Urban Habitat
(CTBUH) when
considering
worthy projects
for their annual
Tall Buildings
Awards.
The Council
initiates its Call for Awards in autumn
(spring in South Africa) each year and
the submission period closes near the
end of November at which point Stage
1 judging occurs. The regional Best Tall
Building, Urban Habitat, Innovation,
and Construction Finalists are selected,
as well as the Lifetime Achievement,
10 Year, and Performance Winners.
The finalists then present their projects
during Stage 2 of the judging process
at the two-day Awards Conference held
in May. Following the presentations, the
jury deliberates and selects the winners
in each category. The winners are
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Urban Habitat, a global snapshot of tall
building construction annually.
Mark Noble, Development Director,
V&A Waterfront says that they decided
to enter Zeitz MOCAA into the CTBUH
Tall Building Awards as these are highly
revered global awards. Furthermore, as
the CTBUH is a not-for-profit entity, it
lends further credibility to any project
recognised by the CTBUH.
“We believe that Zeitz MOCAA is a great
example of architectural and engineering
excellence. We felt it was important
to showcase this unique project on